Wang Rong was in the barracks, sitting quietly on the horse, carefully looking at the "Art of War" in his hand, but his mind was not in the book of war.

In the first sentence of the "Fiction and Reality", "Sun Tzu said: Those who are on the battlefield first and treat the enemy will be discouraged, and those who will be on the battlefield and tend to fight will work, so those who are good at fighting will cause others but not others." After being in a daze for an hour, he was alarmed by the sound of Wang Mao lifting the curtain.

Wang Rong looked at Wang Wei who walked in in a hurry, and asked in a low voice, "How?" ”

Wang Mao stepped forward quickly, leaned on Wang Wei's ear, and whispered: "Sure enough, as expected by the captain, this army of the Devil's Beard is well-trained, and the march is silent, and the scouts are scattered within twenty miles around, and it took us a lot of effort to get closer to see the truth, this time the Bearded Khan has made a bloody investment, no less than 40,000 wolf guards, and I also saw the banner of the Xiong Ben Army, and the last general thought that it should be the 20,000 people who fled." ”

Wang Rong calculated in his heart, and said in a low voice: "No, there should be more than these 60,000 people, don't forget, there are still 10,000 clan soldiers who have fled, and the soldiers of the Ashina tribe can still fight." ”

When Wang Mo heard this, he was shocked, he knew that he had made a big mistake, so he quickly bowed his head and admitted his mistake: "The last general knows that he is wrong, and I will go to re-investigate the enemy's situation." ”

Wang Rong grabbed Wang Hao, who turned around to leave, and said: "No need to go again, 60,000 or 70,000 people, for us, it's all the same, you go and give the order, after dark, the whole army will go out of the city and go east to join the northern army." ”

Wang Mo nodded in response: "Wow! ”

Entering the city at night, Huqu City gradually fell into silence, and the cold wind of winter blew through the streets, entering thousands of households through the cracks in the walls, bringing a chill to the people at home.

The people in the bed resisted the cold and hoped to go to bed earlier, but the sound of heavy footsteps outside the house made their hearts tremble. Someone who had the courage quietly lifted the corner of the window, and in the cold wind and darkness, faintly saw a dark shadow walking through the street. The long procession had no head or tail, and it was as black as ink like a hundred ghosts walking at night, making the people in the house tremble.

Wang Rong rode on a horse and discussed with Lin Chong the details of the army's night march, these years, most of the finches were blindfolded, not only the common people, but also many armies. However, Wang Rong's Western Governor's Mansion did not have it, the reason is very simple, because he likes night raids, so he added fish and animal liver to the soldiers' diet, thus effectively solving the problem of blindfolded birds in the army of the Western Governor's Mansion.

Now the whole team is headed by the soldiers of the Western Governor's Mansion, and the Central and Eastern Governor's Mansions are followed by ropes, and the army is out of the east gate of Huqu City and marches eastward.

Wang Rong's army did not go far, and after only an hour along the river, they saw a large camp brightly lit. And the other party also found that Wang Rong's army was approaching the camp at night, the sharp alarm bell sounded, the camp was boiling, and the soldiers of the northern army put on their armor, picked up the weapons on the side, ran out of the camp tent, came to their respective commanders, and came to the camp wall in an orderly manner.

Qin Ke, who was discussing the military situation with his subordinates in the Chinese military tent, heard the alarm bell, he was not surprised but happy, he looked at the generals with a puzzled face, pointed to Li Sujie, who had been on the side in front of Xiao Xuan, and said: "This is Zhong Ming is here, I don't know what news he brought me, don't stay here, follow me out of the camp and bring Zhong Ming and them in." ”

A general stopped with a puzzled expression: "General, this night is dark, it is dangerous to rush out of the camp, and we don't know the details of the other party, so it is easy to be attacked, right?" ”

Qin Ke smiled, glanced at Li Sujie, and motioned to him that Li Sujie was not stage frightened, he stepped forward and explained: "General, rest assured, the army of my Western Governor's Mansion will not rush to approach the camp, and there will be a signal to pass over." ”

As he spoke, a scout quickly ran into the tent, knelt on one knee, clasped his hands into fists, and said, "General Qiyu, the army outside has lit three fires and sent someone to deliver tokens. ”

After speaking, the scout took off a saber behind him and handed it over, Qin Ke had already seen the knife on the scout's back, it was Wang Rong's saber "Ten Thousand Enemies". Li Sujie took the saber and handed it to Qin Ke. Qin Ke pulled out the knife, and a cold light flashed. One of the generals exclaimed: "What a knife! ”

Qin Ke returned the knife to the scabbard and said, "This is the inscription knife given by the first emperor, and I gave it to Zhong Ming, with this knife as proof, you are all relieved, right?" ”

The tent generals nodded their heads and doubted no more. Qin Ke led everyone first, walked quickly to the gate of the camp, and ordered: "Open the camp gate, our reinforcements have arrived." ”

Wang Rong watched the camp gate of the camp open, but did not let the army enter the camp, but entered the camp with Lin Chong and Wumo.

Qin Ke saw that only Wang Rong and the three of them were walking towards the camp, and immediately understood, he happily took a few steps forward, and laughed: "Zhong Ming, Mountain Sect, Black Soil, the three of you have made a lot of noise, hurry up and follow me into the camp." ”

Wang Rong and the three of them knelt on one knee in unison, and saluted: "The last general has seen the general!! ”

After the three of them finished saluting, they were helped up by Qin Ke one by one, and the group of people returned to the Chinese army's tent, while the troops outside the camp were arranged into the camp one after another. Of course, it is impossible to let them flood into the camp in one swarm, so it would be strange if the camp was not bombed.

In the Chinese military tent, Qin Kezai took a closer look at the western lieutenant of his nephew, and said happily: "Zhong Ming, you are very good, you are more powerful than your father back then, this bearded man touched you, it was like a sin in the previous life." ”

Wang Rong said modestly: "The general has been awarded, and the merit of the last general is nothing compared to those generals who have been famous for a long time in the army, especially you." ”

Qin Ke was praised by Wang Rong, and he was very happy, then looked at Wu Mo and Lin Chong, and said, "You two guys, how about it, you didn't give Zhong Ming a problem." ”

In the army, pay attention to seniority, pay attention to background, and the most important thing is to pay attention to ability, seniority and high birth are all pen and pen, but there are very few people who can lead the army to victory.

And those who have the ability, but no qualifications and background, are better served to be able to move around the middle and lower ranks. Those who have a bad life have long been dragged into cannon fodder by the incompetent, and turned into a handful of loess and buried on the battlefield.

And Wang Rong's ability has been proven; Born, although it is not a century-old family, it is almost inseparable, and Qin Ke, the prince of Dayong and the general of Zhengbei, is appreciated; Qualifications, it's still far away, full of calculations, Wang Rong has only been in the army for two years, but he has already reached the middle military rank of the Western Commander, and now Wang Rongli's merits are all laying a solid foundation for himself, making him more worthy of the name of the Western Commander.

Qin Ke didn't wait for the two of them to speak, and asked directly, "Zhong Ming, tell me, what news did you get?" ”

Wang Rong looked at Qin Ke, then at the generals in the tent, and said loudly: "General, according to the latest intelligence, the Devil Man sent an army of 70,000 to attack Shuofang City this time. ”

"Shhh ——”

The sound of gasping cold air in the tent came and went, and all the generals were shocked by the news. The previous attack on Shuofang City by 20,000 wolf guards had already scared them out of a cold sweat, and now there are 70,000 Wolves, which is 20,000 more than the soldiers of the Northern Army.

Wang Rong continued: "Among the 70,000 people, the 40,000 people of the Wolf Guard Army are the main force, and the auxiliary army also has 20,000 Xiong Ben troops and 10,000 tribal soldiers. ”

Qin Ke keenly noticed the abnormality: "Xiong Benjun? Tribal soldiers? ”

Wang Rong nodded and said: "These 30,000 people escaped from Guangmu City, the general should not think that they are a defeated army, so he despises them, to be honest, if it is not for the battle to behead the main general of the Xiong Ben army and make the Xiong Ben army collapse, if these 30,000 people continue to attack Guangmu City, it is really possible to take Guangmu City." ”

When Qin Ke heard this, he nodded, indicating that he understood, he never dared to despise his opponent, otherwise, the grass on his grave would have to grow more than one person tall. He then asked, "Zhong Ming, your information is so detailed, is this bearded man not far from Shuofang City?" ”

Wang Rong nodded and said: "General, this army is less than a hundred miles away from Shuofang City, with their speed, it is estimated that they will be able to reach Shuofang City twenty miles away tomorrow, if they want to take the city at night, their earliest time to do it is tomorrow night." ”

Qin Ke thought for a while, and said to everyone in the tent: "I heard it, immediately give an order, the whole army will rest until the fourth watch, and at the fourth watch, the whole army will pull out the camp, pass through Huqu City, and go straight to Shuofang City!" ”

"!!" The generals in the tent saluted, and then left the tent and returned to their respective units to prepare.

Qin Ke pulled Wang Rong, Wu Mo and Lin Chong to continue the meeting, he looked at a few people, and said, "How did you investigate the matter of the spies?" ”

Wang Rong shook his head regretfully and said: "General, this traitor is probably not a person, but an organization, they have a clear division of labor, some people steal information, some people pass information, and some people receive information. Now it is known that there are spies of the Devil Man in the Zhengbei General's Mansion, and Yan Changshi has basically locked the target. ”

Qin Ke nodded, and then asked, "What about Shuofang County Ling Meng Ao?" Does he have a problem? ”

Wang Rong thought for a while, handed the information from Shuofang City to Qin Ke, and said: "According to the current situation, Shuofang County Ling Meng Ao is the spy who passed on the information to the Bearded people. ”

Qin Ke took over the information, the content on it shocked him, he didn't expect that this Meng Ao had done so many things after he left, if it weren't for the fact that there was a chazi from the Imperial City Division in the Zhengbei General's Mansion, he wanted to find out the spies in the army, it would be as difficult as a sky.

Qin Ke burned the information, pondering in his heart, and after a while, he was shocked to realize that Wang Wei and the others did not leave, and he said apologetically: "You are tired all night, go and rest, and at the fourth watch, we will set off." ”

"Whoa! The last will be retired. After Wang Rong saluted, he left the Chinese military tent, and under the leadership of Qin Ke's own soldiers, he found his army, Wang Mao found a tent for Wang Rong, Wang Rong did not refuse, and fell asleep when he entered the tent.